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    Victoria Verbaan
    Accessory Designer / Artist / Textile Designer
    Victoria Verbaan is a design studio embarking on all facets of creativity, from fabrics and prints, to ceramics and beyond.
    Durban, South Africa
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    African Sketchbook Fine Arts Fabric
    Textile Designer
    African Sketchbook Fine Arts Fabric is a Cape Town-based company that specialises in custom-designed, hand-painted fabrics.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • AFI Standard
    African Fashion International
    The Gateway To African Fashion
    South Africa
  • Myang Clothing Standard
    Myang Clothing
    Fashion Designer
    Myang make hand-crafted baby products, specialising in shoes, accessories and babies blankets
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Emerging Creatives 2015: Musonda Kabwe Standard
    Musonda Kabwe
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    Musonda Kabwe is a designer, illustrator and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives Mentorship Programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Morena Moletsane
    Illustrator
    Morena Moletsane is a South African illustrator.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Jakobsnake Standard
    Jakobsnake
    Musician
    Gaartjie's Jake Lipman aka Jakobsnake is a Cape Town-based DJ and producer, performing at Design Indaba Music 2014.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Paper Dolls Standard
    Anine Roos
    Jewellery Designer
    Stellenbosch-based Anine Roos creates jewellery under her Paper Doll brand and is a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • 2014 Emerging Creative: Milk: Mohair She Felt. Standard
    Milk: Mohair She Felt
    Fashion Designer
    Milk: Mohair She Felt is a Port Elizabeth-based fashion brand and part of the 2014 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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    snapp™ Design
    Product Designer
    Snapp Design is a South African product design studio by Jonathan Fundudis and Renko Nieman.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Koen Vanmechelen Speaker 2017
    Koen Vanmechelen
    Artist
    Conceptual artist Koen Vanmechelen explores the importance of biocultural diversity, identity and community in his Cosmopolitan Chicken Project.
    Belgium
  • Barbara Hudson Ceramics Standard
    Barbara Hudson Ceramics
    Ceramicist
    Barbara Hudson's ceramics are inspired by South Africa's rich archaeological history.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Düne and Sosoa. Standard
    Düne and Sosoa
    Digital Artist
    Yoann Madec and Solène Renaudin, better known as Düne and Sosoa, are digital artists and the founders of creative lab The Gang.
    Paris, France
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    Stoned Cherrie
    South Africa
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    Rashiq Fataar
    Brand Specialist
    urban strategist
    South Africa
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    Libere Foundation
    Product Designer
    Libere Foundation creates beautifully handcrafted products from waste material and found objects, designed by children and manufactured by unemployed people.
    South Africa
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    LUNAR
    South Africa
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    Christopher Strong
    South Africa
  • Magrietha Labuschagne Standard
    Magrietha Labuschagne
    Magrietha Labuschagne’s work is designed from the inside out
    South Africa
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    Mia Louise Senekal
    Furniture Designer
    Mia Louise Senekal is an interior and furniture designer.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • simpleintrigue Standard
    simpleintrigue
    simpleintrigue is a quirky design company by "maker of stuff," Keri Muller.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nicolaas van Reenen Standard
    Fever Trails
    Musician
    Part solo, part collaborative, Fever Trails combines Ableton Live, synthesizers, guitars, drums, piano and bass to create a signature complex, layered sound.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Cheick Diallo Standard
    Cheick Diallo
    Architect
    Cheick Diallo is an architect and designer born in Bamako, Mali.
    Mali
  • Francesco Zorzi Standard
    Francesco Zorzi
    Illustrator
    Francesco Zorzi is an italian illustrator and visual designer. Based in Tuscany, he is also the Creative Director and co-founder of alias2k.com
    Italy
  • Victoria Verbaan Standard
    Victoria Verbaan
    Accessory Designer / Artist / Textile Designer
    Victoria Verbaan is a design studio embarking on all facets of creativity, from fabrics and prints, to ceramics and beyond.
    Durban, South Africa
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